Overview
This new book written by the developers of R Markdown is an essential reference that will help users learn and make full use of the software. Those new to R Markdown will appreciate the short, practical examples that address the most common issues users encounter. Frequent users will also benefit from the wide ranging tips and tricks that expose ‘hidden’ features, support customization and demonstrate the many new and varied applications of the software. After reading this book users will learn how to: Enhance your R Markdown content with diagrams, citations, and dynamically generated text Streamline your workflow with child documents, code chunk references, and caching Control the formatting and layout with Pandoc markdown syntax or by writing custom HTML and LaTeX templates Utilize chunk options and hooks to fine-tune how your code is processed Switch between different language engineers to seamlessly incorporate python, D3, and more into your analysis
Full Product Details
Author: Yihui Xie ,
Christophe Dervieux ,
Emily Riederer
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Weight: 0.635kg
ISBN: 9780367563820
ISBN 10: 0367563827
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 20 October 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This book will be a popular addition on the desk of many professionals who regularly produce technical documents in the R language. ~Carl Boettiger, University of California, Berkeley Novices will benefit from reading this book because they will quickly find high quality solutions to the most common issues that users encounter. Experts will benefit because it will save them from constantly trying to rediscover 'that thread that explains how to do that one thing.' ~ Dr. John Blischak, University of Chicago Though I am a frequent and longtime user of RMarkdown, there were multiple points where I learned new things and capabilities that I'd never seen. Sometimes incredible features are 'hidden ; this book eposes features and tricks that this seasoned RMarkdown user was surprised and excited by. ~ Sharla Gelfand, R and Shiny Developer This book is useful for R stats users who, while using RMarkdown, come across certain problems that can be solved. It also provides advanced users with additional options to further customize RMarkdown to their personal needs. The many subchapters address a number of issues that a large majority of users can use as a reference book for their needs. There are examples for every user, no matter what previous knowledge is available and therefore this book is useful for any user group of markdown. ~Dr. Johannes Friedrich This book is interesting for a wide level of RMarkdown users. ~MSc. Yasumoto, Atsushi, HACARUS Inc.
Author Information
"Yihui Xie is a software engineer at RStudio. He has authored and co-authored several R packages, including knitr, rmarkdown, bookdown, blogdown, pagedown, tinytex, and xaringan. He has published R Markdown: The Definitive Guide, Dynamic Documents with R and knitr, bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown, and blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown."" Christophe Dervieux is an active member of the R community. Working with R since almost 10 years, he is interested in helping others get the most from R. As an R developer, he is a regular contributor to several R packages, such as ""bookdown"", ""rmarkdown"", and ""knitr"". Emily Riederer is an active R user and developer. She has previously contributed to ""knitr"" and is best known for her article on ""R Markdown Driven Development"" based on her experience promoting R adoption in industry."
